The binding of sodium dodecyl sulphate to various proteins

Biochem J. 1968 Oct;109(5):825-30. doi: 10.1042/bj1090825.

Abstract

1. The binding of sodium dodecyl sulphate to proteins by equilibrium dialysis was investigated. 2. Most of the proteins studied bound 90-100% of their weight of sodium dodecyl sulphate. 3. The glycoproteins studied bound 70-100% of their weight of sodium dodecyl sulphate, calculated in terms of the polypeptide moiety of the molecule. 4. Proteins not containing S.S groups bound about 140% of their weight of sodium dodecyl sulphate. 5. Reduction of four proteins containing S.S groups caused a rise in sodium dodecyl sulphate binding to 140% of the weight of protein. 6. The apparent micellar molecular weights of the protein-sodium dodecyl sulphate complexes were measured by the dye-solubilization method; they were all found to have approximately the same micellar molecular weight (34000-41000) irrespective of the molecular weight of the protein to which they were attached.

MeSH terms

  • Catalase
  • Coloring Agents
  • Detergents*
  • Dialysis
  • Glycoproteins
  • Lactoglobulins
  • Methemoglobin
  • Molecular Weight
  • Muramidase
  • Myoglobin
  • Ovalbumin
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Protein Binding
  • Proteins*
  • Ribonucleases
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Sodium
  • Solubility
  • Sulfates*
  • Thyroglobulin
  • Time Factors
  • gamma-Globulins

Substances

  • Coloring Agents
  • Detergents
  • Glycoproteins
  • Lactoglobulins
  • Myoglobin
  • Proteins
  • Sulfates
  • gamma-Globulins
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • Ovalbumin
  • Methemoglobin
  • Thyroglobulin
  • Sodium
  • Catalase
  • Ribonucleases
  • Muramidase